pöçük

Turkish

Alternative forms

• poççuk, pöçcük, püçük, pörçük

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian պոչուկ (počʻuk).

Noun

pöçük

1. (dialectal, anatomy) coccyx; tailbone

References

• “pöçük”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պոչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 98b
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 629, pages 128–129